Copying the full path of a document

[Guest]

The web toolbar is gone! How does one copy the full path of the current
document in Word 2007?

 

[macropod]

Hi Keith,

If you want the full path and filename to appear in your document, insert a FILENAME field, with the '\p' switch.

Cheers

 

[Guest]

Macropod,

Thanks for the quick response, but I'm not trying to use a field. I'm just
trying to copy the full path of the file name manually, so, for example, I
can then paste the path into an Outlook email.

Keith

Hi Keith,

If you want the full path and filename to appear in your document, insert a FILENAME field, with the '\p' switch.

Cheers
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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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The web toolbar is gone! How does one copy the full path of the current
document in Word 2007?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

What I do is to find the file is Windows Explorer, right-click, Properties
and copy the path from there. ;-)

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JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

Macropod,

Thanks for the quick response, but I'm not trying to use a field. I'm just
trying to copy the full path of the file name manually, so, for example, I
can then paste the path into an Outlook email.

Keith

Hi Keith,

If you want the full path and filename to appear in your document, insert
a FILENAME field, with the '\p' switch.

Cheers
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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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The web toolbar is gone! How does one copy the full path of the current
document in Word 2007?

 

[Guest]

JoAnn,

Thanks, but it can't be that MS has eliminated that very useful
functionality that existed on the Web toolbar in Word 2007.

That's so frustrating.

Keith

 

[Jay Freedman]

It hasn't been eliminated, just carefully hidden.

Click the down arrow at the right end of the Quick Access Toolbar
(QAT) and select More Commands. Set the dropdown to Commands Not in
the Ribbon. Select the item "Document Location" and click the Add
button.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, they haven't completely removed the functionality of the Web toolbar.
According to the Word Command Reference, here's what's happened to the
controls on the Web toolbar:

Back > Office Button | Word Options | Customize | All Commands | Back
Forward > Office Button | Word Options | Customize | All Commands |
Forward
Stop > Removed from product
Refresh > Removed from product
Start Page > Removed from product
Search the Web > Removed from product
Favorites (Add to Favorites) > Office Button | Word Options |
Customize | All Commands | Add to Favorites
Favorites (Open Favorites) > Removed from product
Go (Open Hyperlink) > Removed from product
Go (Back) > Office Button | Word Options | Customize | All Commands |
Back
Go (Forward) > Office Button | Word Options | Customize | All Commands
| Forward
Go (Start Page) > Removed from product
Go (Search the Web) > Removed from product
Go (Set Search Page) > Removed from product
Show Only Web Toolbar > Removed from product
Address > Office Button | Prepare | Properties | Location

So what it amounts to is that most of the truly webby stuff has been
removed; the useful Back and Forward and Add to Favorites can be added to
the QAT, and you have click several buttons to get the file path. Does that
help? Yeah, I thought not. You might research All Commands to see if
Location can be added to the QAT.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[macropod]

Hi Keith,

An alternative way:
1. Press Ctrl-F9
2. Type 'Filename \p' between the brackets
3. Press F9
4. Copy & paste into Outlook

Cheers
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macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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Macropod,

Thanks for the quick response, but I'm not trying to use a field. I'm just
trying to copy the full path of the file name manually, so, for example, I
can then paste the path into an Outlook email.

Keith

Hi Keith,

If you want the full path and filename to appear in your document, insert a FILENAME field, with the '\p' switch.

Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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The web toolbar is gone! How does one copy the full path of the current
document in Word 2007?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I'm just telling you how I do it. I use that method at work to direct people
to certain files that are on a newtwork drive. Some of the files are buried
several layers deep. And they have loooooong names.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

JoAnn,

Thanks, but it can't be that MS has eliminated that very useful
functionality that existed on the Web toolbar in Word 2007.

That's so frustrating.

Keith

What I do is to find the file is Windows Explorer, right-click,
Properties
and copy the path from there. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

Macropod,

Thanks for the quick response, but I'm not trying to use a field. I'm
just
trying to copy the full path of the file name manually, so, for
example, I
can then paste the path into an Outlook email.

Keith

:

Hi Keith,

If you want the full path and filename to appear in your document,
insert
a FILENAME field, with the '\p' switch.

Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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The web toolbar is gone! How does one copy the full path of the
current
document in Word 2007?

 

[Graham Mayor]

The following macro attached to a button on the QAT will write the active
document's filename and path to the clipboard

Sub CopyFileNameAndPath()
Dim dFname As DataObject
Dim fFname As String
Set dFname = New DataObject
With ActiveDocument
If Len(.Path) = 0 Then
.Save
End If
fFname = .FullName
End With
dFname.SetText fFname
dFname.PutInClipboard
End Sub

http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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